The only way to improve safety of our roads is to give much stricter punishments on driving offences. To what extent do you agree with this idea? Answer

Misfortunes that happen on the roads have been of major concern to all in society. Many have put forward the idea of cracking down on road misdemeanours by means of heavier penalties. Notwithstanding its merits, there are other alternatives that have proved to be as effective. On the one hand, prohibitive fines would serve as deterrents for future offenders.

For example

, in Vietnam, there are

traffic

regulations aimed to prevent reckless driving;

however

, those are not strong enough to stop drivers from taking risks.

Besides

, many

traffic

wardens in

this

country are too lenient and just let the law-breakers off with a warning or at most a small fine. If

this

were to be implemented soon, cases of road accidents can be considerably reduced.

In addition

to

this

, for more serious offences

such

as driving under the influence of substances,

besides

a tidy sum of money as fine, tougher measures

such

as the confiscation of their driving licenses or a stilt of community service should be adopted as those people are highly dangerous to others when they are behind the wheel.

On the other hand

, other steps are

also

of great use when it comes to curbing

traffic

problems. The

first

option is for authorities to install more CCTVs on the street.

This

action would do wonders to stop any drives who have the intention of breaking the speed limits or jumping the red lights. Without

such

misconducts, the chances of accidents are much slimmer.

However

, some may argue that

this

may cost a huge amount of taxpayers’ money which can be used

otherwise

.

This

of course holds some truth, but

this

step can benefit each individual and the society as a whole. Another answer to

this

problem is to increase the number and frequency of

traffic

wardens on the street. Psychologically speaking, the mere presence of the police or people of authority can exert a significant influence on people’s behaviour. In fact, if someone is thinking of breaking the law and they catch sight of a cop, they may drop their intended act for that moment. To conclude, stricter measures to deal with the problem do have their merits. There are,

nonetheless

, other solutions that should be adopted along with only punishing people for their wrong, possibly unintentional, doings.